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Introductory
Lesson
QUR'AAN
SCRIPT


The Qur'aan script symbols
1- The Marks
a. Fat-hah ( ) as on in /
b. Dammah ( ) as on in 8$6`
c. Kasrah ( ): as under in
d. Sukoon ( ): as on ( ) in
e. Shaddah ( ): with Fat-hah ( ) as on ( ) in G9#
with Dammah ( ): as on ( ) in
or with Kasrah ( ) as on in G9#.


2- The Tanween:
a. Tanween Fat-hah ( ): $9 =` ,
b. Tanween Dammah ( ' ) or ( " ): '_& "
c. Tanween Kasrah ( ): O $
In standard Arabic Sukoon is ( )
In standard Arabic you will find Shaddah with Kasrah together on the top ( )

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3- The letters written smaller than usual:

They are pronounced like the normal ones.
a. Small Alif

(

: ) as in 7= = (maalik),
)? = (taqwaa) (This one is Alif Maqsoorah we mentioned
before in "reading and writing skills" book in page 15)
b. Small Yaa' ( : ) as in ;9# = (an-nabiyyeen),
7=% = (qalbihee: if we continue reading, qalbih: if we pause.)
(Notice that this small Yaa' at the end of the word after a Haa', is not
written in the standard Arabic but we still pronounce it)
c. Small waaw ( : ) as in `# = (Dawood),
6=% = (qalbuhoo: if we continue reading, qalbuh: if we pause.)
(Notice that this small Waaw at the end of the word after a Haa', is not
written in the standard Arabic but we still pronounce it.)
d. Small noon ( G : ) as in G = (nunjee)
e. Letter Alif on the top of letter Waaw: as in =9# =
(as-salaah) (We read Alif and eliminate the sound of the Waaw)

f. Letter Seen on the top of letter Saad 6 = (yabsut)
(We read Seen and eliminate the sound of the Saad)


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4- The Small Zero ( ` )
Sometimes found on the letters Alif, waaw and Yaa', means that these
letters should not be pronounced at all.
As in '/ (bi'ayd) 79` `` ` & (ulaa'ika) # ## #9$% (qaaloo)
5- The big zero ( $ )
Always over Alif at the end of the word $& and sometimes over some
others Alifs coming also at the end of the word.
We pronounce the Alif when we pause on that word, and we eliminate it,
if we continue.


$& = if we continue we say: (ana) with short vowel Fat-hah and if we
pause, we say: (anaa)
6- The Maddah ( ) Sometimes found over the long vowels: Alif, waaw
and Yaa'. It means that the long vowel has to be longer than usual.
$ (samaaaa'), M (seeee'at), (soooo').





In standard Arabic this mark comes only on Alif ) ( equals to ) + ( ,
In the Qur'aan ) + ( = ( ). Ex. # = 'aamana.
In standard Arabic there is nothing on the top of such Alif

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6- Pausing Symbols
These are written to achieve a correct pause when reading The Qur'aan.
A wrong pause can change the meaning of the verse.
7't `9% ) 9# ! $_ ) ( a. Compulsory stop
79$ 99# ! ,t:# "z $/#O ) ( b. Permissible stop
. ) ( c. Permissible stop but it is preferable to continue
7=? & % M=z $9 $ M6.
) ( d. Permissible to continue but preferable to stop.
M_ !# !# /
) ( e. Stop at either of these two places but not at both.
79 =G69# = )F=9
d. The breathless pause ( : ) Stop at the letter without taking a fresh
breath, then continue the recitation.
% #

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7- Hamzat-ul-wasl
In the Qur'aanic script it is written ( # )



Ex. 9# ) = ('inna-l-3izzah)
Revise the rules of Hamzat-ul-wasl in "reading and writing skills" book in
page 37


8- The small Meem in full form coming over letter noon
It is a Sukoon but it is written in that form due to the rules of reading
Qur'aan.
Ex. / = (min ba3d)
9- The small Meem in full form coming sometimes with Tanween
You treat it as a normal Tanween.
eer) s samee3un ba ( = / " Ex.
This is also written as shown due to the rules of reading Qur'aan.


10- Letter Yaa' in the full form at the end of the word
In the Qur'aanic script it is written without dots under it.




Ex. = (fee) )9# = (al-qawiyy)

11- The letters that are free of any mark, and are not long vowels,
their mark is considered Sukoon.
aak) s bi3a b ri d 'i ( = # > / $ 8
(al-insaan) = }# (nakhluqkum) = /3)=
In the standard Arabic it is written as ( ) with no mark on the top. Ex.
In the standard Arabic it is written as with two dots below

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Important note:
The shaddah you see at the beginning of the word, in 8 88 8$ $$ $ / // / is due to
the Tajweed rules, as the last in the word > >> > # ## # merged in the
second (at the beginning of 8 88 8$ $$ $ / // /). But if you start with 8 88 8$ $$ $ / // / you
start with with kasrah only, because an Arabic word never starts with
Shaddah.



Learn Tajweed!
The scholars agree that reading Quraan with Tajweed (by applying the
Tajweed rules of Quraan) is an individual obligation (Fard 3ayn) upon
every Muslim.
And of the proofs that the scholars bring to show that obligation is that
Allaah says in the Quraan:
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"And recite the Quran (aloud) in a (slow and melodious) style (tarteelaa)"